MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.31,-94.22 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 46 SFC 973 278 18.4 17.9 97 0.5 18.1 112 3 293.8 296.2 292.2 331.9 13.36 2 950 488 20.8 17.4 81 3.4 18.5 165 10 298.3 300.7 293.6 336.9 13.28 3 900 957 20.4 13.3 64 7.1 15.8 206 26 302.6 304.6 292.9 334.4 10.74 4 850 1448 16.5 10.5 68 6.0 12.7 214 33 303.4 305.2 292.1 331.5 9.42 5 800 1962 13.9 -0.2 38 14.1 6.5 224 34 306.0 306.8 288.9 320.4 4.71 6 750 2502 10.1 -9.4 24 19.6 1.7 232 35 307.6 308.0 287.2 315.5 2.49 7 700 3070 5.7 -12.1 26 17.8 -1.4 247 36 308.8 309.2 287.3 315.7 2.16 8 650 3672 2.6 -18.7 19 21.3 -4.7 266 39 311.9 312.2 287.5 316.4 1.34 9 600 4314 -1.4 -21.0 21 19.6 -7.7 269 44 314.4 314.7 288.2 318.5 1.19 10 550 5000 -6.4 -21.7 29 15.3 -11.0 274 50 316.5 316.7 288.9 320.6 1.22 11 500 5738 -11.2 -24.8 31 13.6 -14.8 276 61 319.4 319.6 289.6 323.0 1.02 12 450 6539 -16.1 -32.4 23 16.3 -19.4 275 70 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.1 0.56 13 400 7414 -22.7 -38.2 23 15.5 -25.1 277 72 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.35 14 350 8378 -30.2 -43.8 25 13.6 -31.6 286 79 328.1 328.1 291.4 329.0 0.23 15 300 9455 -39.0 -49.2 33 10.3 -39.6 292 91 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.14 16 250 10676 -49.0 -56.2 43 7.1 -49.3 289 92 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.5 0.08 17 200 12117 -56.9 -65.3 34 8.3 -57.1 274 75 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13936 -57.3 -79.6 4 22.3 -57.6 284 60 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16434 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.0 -63.8 290 31 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.12 m Freezing level: 617.80 mb = 4085.32 m = 13403.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.27 mb = 2800.65 m = 9188.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.91 mb = 344.53 m = 1130.33 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 21.42 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2134.98 m = 7004.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.77 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 20.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 510.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.90 mb = 1368.54 m = 4489.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.90 mb = 3035.96 m = 9960.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.90 mb = 10862.30 m = 35637.04 ft B at Equ Level: 509.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.90 mb = 13038.00 m = 42775.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.8 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 285.8 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 480.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 480.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 2.44 Bulk Shear: 208.86 m/s